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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

Place damp earth for the foundation
Of nests for settlers, moulded into a
concave shape. The dAmpness pre-
vents too much evaporation OF the
natural moisture OF the eggs during
incubation.
This i but initiating nature; for We
know in that state the nest is placed
on damp ground. Cover the nest thus
formed with bruised straw, broken
short and fne. Long straws often en-
tAngle the hens toes, and broken eggs
are the result. Do not cut the straw
in a machine, as il will prick and i'm
tate the hen and harm the chicks
The cancavify of the nest must not
he so great a. 10 huddle the eggs to-
gether in the middle too deep. nor must
it be 50 fat as to allow them % ROD
out OF the nest A happy medium Is
the thing 20 be aimed AZ, and little
experience in the matter vii soon en-
able even 3 neE hand 70 form the nest
Just right
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27
FARM AND NONE.
TEE TsnsAKES RARnnegss.
BY jobs Q. wHrruER.

AGAINST the wooded bill It stands,
5Ibost Of a dead home staring
through
r,s broken lights on wasted lands
Where Old-time harvests grew.
Uuplowed, unsown, by scythe IN
shorn,
The poor. forsaken farm fields lie.
once rlch and rife with golden corn
And pale green breadths Of rye.
On healthful herb and flower bereft,
The garden plot no housewife keeps;
Through weeds and tangies only left,
The snake, its tenant, creeps.
lilac spray, once blossom clad,
sways bare before the empty rooms I;
Beside the roohess porch a sad,
Pathetic red rose blooms.
His track. in mold and dust Of drouth,
on floor and hearth the squirrel
leaves,
And In the hreless chimney's mouth
His web the spider weaves.
The leaning barn about 20 fall
Resounds no more on huskiRg ewes !;
No cattle low in yard or stall.
No thresher beats his sheaves.
So sad. so drearl It seems almost
Some haunting presence makes its
sign
That down yon shadowy lane some
ghost
Might drive his spectral kline.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27
HINTS TO POULJRY FANCIERs.
Journal Of Agricultural

The first thing is to make a choice of
some breed or breeds. would say to
all, to first take the kind that suits
your own fancy, and in the end you
will feel more satisfied than just merely
to buy fowls on some other persons
judgment, or because you see that some
fluent writer says his kind is the best
breed. Fowls are just like great many
other things; every person Is not suited
with the same kind; but would say,
If you wish large fowls, or those suited
best for dressed fowls, take the Asiatics
every time.
But. il you want fowls for general
purposes, take the Leghorns, Ham
burgs or Spanish, or some would pre-
fer Dorkings. Polish, Houdans or
CrevecRurs. These last named breeds
are what we call constant layers; but
for eggs alone there is no fowl in ex-
istence that can compete with the Leg
horns. They lay more eggs, consume
less food, and for early, faSt-growing
spring friers they will out-trayel any
breed
Perhaps at this time il would be in
better place to say little toward the
care of fowls. There Is no other class
of stock on the farm, as a general rule,
that is so sadly neglected as are the
domestic fowls. Why neglect this
great source Of human sustenance in
such a wayf Perhaps some of my
readers will boot at the idea. but il is
true that there are more fowls or poul-
| try consumed in the United States
than there is beef or pork. This looks
| like big thing, but the statistics show
| that such is the case. Look at the con-
sumption of eggs alone; it is almost
as great as that Of pork. Now is the
/ time to clean and whitewash your
roosts, and be sure and get ahead OF
/ all vermin, for they make their start
/ in the spring. and are more easily got
| ten rid OF at the start than after they
have your henhouse all polluted. A
good way TO keep them from starting
is 20 pour coal oil on your roosts, and
any other place about your hen-houses
! where they are likely TO make a start.
| Spring generally brings disease with It,
/ and a good way to keep fowls healthy
is to keep lump Of alum in their
| drinking water: the sour from the
alum mixed with water helps TO tone
up their systems and keep them in a
healthy condition.
To make fowls healthy and lay well
a good way is to give a change Of diet
say soft food in the former part of the
day, and whole grain in the evenings
and green food is very essential for the
health Of fowls, and also necessary "a
insure good success in Matching. But
every farmer ought 10 see TO il and
have good fowls on his farm; for the
first reason. It takes no more to feed
good ones than it does scrubs. and, i
he wants 10 sell, he won't have one
half the trouble to sell blooded stool
that is usually the case with common
scrub stock And | say that there i
not any stock on farm that will pay
more interest on capital invested thar
will well-bred fowls.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

The Russian Minister q Agriculture
reports the deficiency IN the winter
wheat crop AZ 1875 n have been =
per cent. a. compared with TIA last
four years. There vas. however, an
increase OF pes cent. in the spnng
wheat srop.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27
A WINTER PERFUME.

Borne TO me at the twilight hour,
After the winter wind had ceased,
The ghost of perfume from q flower
Dead in some garden of the East!
VIM. H. Hayne.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27
Average yield. 20 bushels per acre.


Average yield, 20 bushels per acre.
DIR. Blaloek has produced over hun
dred thousand bushels Of wheat in q
single year, and Templeton several
thousand; so we see this is no question
Of theory, but actual experience. Bla-
lock writes me: :" have raised wheat
cheaper than this statement shows.
BY managing carefully have raised
wheat at cost of "A cents per bushei."
There is no place on earth where wheat
can be produced with less labor than
in Eastern Oregon and Washington,
and yet the farmers will and ought TO
make money slowly raising wheat for
export. We ought to grow more pork.
make more butter and cheese, produce
more fruit, fatten more beef cattle,
stop the influx Of vegetables and canned
goods, and keep the fat of the land at
home instead Of exporting it in the
shape Of wheat 10 be poured through
the sewers of foreign cities into the
sea.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

Average yield, 80 bush. per acre. 81 20
VIM. TempletOn, near Halsey. Ore
gon, says It costs him 50 cents per
bushel to raise wheat on his farm in
the Willamette valley, as follows:
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

would prefer not % keep the milk
- or even - hours. A. indicated in
these letters. We sometimes keep our
miik 81 hours. bat expect. As soon -
the new creamery a deep cans under
water seal i in place, % reduce The
tin,e 10 = hours, and possibly les. BY
The use % zee. IF which ! have an
abundance, | doubt not We can get all
The cream in y hours. Again se
DoW churn al our cream sweet, and l
s-a,not vet eoncesie that u = best % let
il s,aur I know some authorS Al long
sxnsrteuce recommend q. nevertheless
oar experience i that the butter -
y,sosi enough churned from sweet
erean. And again when butter -
eues saltea and worked, Why ven : AZ
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

"a ths ocen sea 10 foTty-foaF miles lees
thau hv wav OF Any othsF psga. Fur
Iher than this the grade from zee con
mou POINT 70 esaslis is doSn. following
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

The disaaE es hon see " conDsn
Point" o. the NoFtbeTn Pact6c ksilroar
nARked in mag By staFl to Seattle 10
tJar1ee1 miles Len than 70 Auy ofesr
ssapoFt- he distance from thn pofns
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

hours, or three hours, OF any time Be
fore putting il IN rolls az once
! believe 80 much washing aS indi-
Gated land which re yet pr1cticel Is At
he expense Of favor 20 3 considerable
extent; that finally We shall salt the
butter in the granular state while in
the churn. and work the buttermilk
out, not wash il out.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

light, bat i Is all We have. WIN com
mence adding the bnttermilk 20 the
calves ration tomorrow. Two calves
under two weeks old weigh 1s4 pounds I:
the ration % them i 10 pounds Of new
milk % each. VIII begin % mix skim
milk with the new for these when %
days old; when %, viii feed all skim
milk with oil meal Cruel
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

/ have before me an estimate Of the
cost Of producing bushel Of wheat in
Michigan. showing that il there costs
66A cents % produce q b1Shel Of wheat
ready for the sack. DIR. Blaloek of
Waila WaIiA gave me an estimate Of
the cost Of producing q bushel Of wheat
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

March l6ih.-Was at the creamery
farm today Cows averaged "a pounds
OF muk each per day last week, and
exactly one pound Of butter per day
10 the COW This on dry feed. with
lev roots. Found nearly three boxes
Of butter on hand. VIII not sell il a.
rapidly As made without reducing the
price u about - cents per pound. In
the meantime the price vi hay gucs up
and up. until one i tempted a. sell the
hay and let she butter 40. We could
take SIS per son for hay as the barn
now but u We feed st all, Il viii not
pay 10 lessen the rations below full
ieed-to per cent, first III feed O. sus-
tain the animal aud az best only 10 per
cent, goes a. milk. suppose ! should
reduce the tecd Ia twO-thiris, then
What muk We took would be at the ex-
pense Of the carvaSs.
Weighed the calves, and found that
= nov on skim milk weighed ~,
pounds. AL average 81 I59 pounds each
The ration fed - the lot today Was -
pounds ot skim milk. 10 pounds u OIL
meal made into cruel and fed with the
milk. u pounds 81 bran and shorts fed
dry and what hay they would eat.
one only had been previously weighed
ahd found % have gained 20 pounds N
- days. AL are doing vel. ] md
inst SINCE We commenced feeding on
meal The calves are looking much bet.
yer and Ne are increasing the oil meAl
Dali pound day on the lot thlns
NE ration Of bran and shorts rathel
asaFy and the ratisn Of milk rafael
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

have been amused when east, in the
United States, 1--WE are writing in Wash
ington Territory, you see) 10 hear the
talk there of the dread of wild animals,
as though 1t was constant, present
source OF danger. Once only, in the
thirty-five years / have lived here, do
know Of an attack being made upon
persons or injury result from wild an
imals.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

| There was an occurrence near Teni-
no, about three years ago, that | have
often thought ought 10 go into print.
The lady participating, still living
there. is a modest, retiring, unOstenta-
tious little body, an acquaintance of
mine, but who would hardly forgive
me did | put her name in print She
said:
Gus was down in the field and
called loudly, but we could not under
stand what he said. wanted father
20 90 down and see what was the mat
ter. but he said he was only driving
the cows but knew better than that.
/ as never heard him make such a noise
As that before. So | went myself.
I When | got within hearing distance
he told me 10 go back TO the house and
get the gun. as he had a cub bear up
| the tree and the old one was near by in
the bush"
Then what did you do2" / asked.
"Oh. / brought the gun. and the old
bear was there still. Heonly wounded
her the first shot. The cub started "a
come down the tree, the old bear going
around in the brush, but sometimes
! coming right nearly up 20 US, but we
/ made all the noise we could and kept
| striking at her with long clubs and
beat the tree 20 make the cub run w
/ again"
Then what ?"
why. he shot the old bear again
and killed her, but by this time ths
ammunition was all gone and it col
dark. and Gus laid by the tree all nigh
co keep the cab from coming down, anc
killed Il the next morning
so these people actually did as relat
ell. not thinking they were doing ;
courageous act; in fact, the lady il
question was ordinarily a timid per
son. but she got her fight Hp tina
time and forgot ali about being afraid
And 80 It would be with our diStAn
friends If here: they would soon forge
all about being afraid Of wild animals
Who next with bear storyr
Uncle John has been Scolding m
/, because / advocated the dehorning q
! cattle. Everybody almost, knows I q
, Gle john. His step i not - quick a
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

Uncle John has been scolding me
because / advocated the dehOrning Of
cattle. Everybody. almost. knows [ a.
Gle John. His step Is not 50 quick a.
mine. but be is older, and, besides. i
fatter: he Is generally good-naiured
but he has 81 no patience with q person
that would advocate such bArharuus
practice" Well. Uncle John and !
have lived alongside Of each other for
many 4 long year; our families have
grown up together, and many a
ioliv time we have ali had together,
TOO: We have often and often eaten a.
the same table. sung out Of the same
box. went 90 the same church. voted
the same ticket, and. il he saws he has
no patience with me / Just know bet
ter. The very next day he vas IN, -
Jolly as ever. and had forgotten al
about H.
I ike to have a little tilt. nos and
then. with those loved best. IL make.
one feel good 20 make up and h
better friends than ever In this cas-,
/; i Uncle Johns mistaken humanity
that rileSi him. and like him Al
the better for it Pity but we all hal
more Of this feeling toward the daml
erste,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

A hole is punched in the cows ear
and the tag slipped in, and remains as
an ornament, In my opinion, much
more appropriate than any earring !
ever saw worn by the non-voting ladies
Of our land. for the very good reason
that with old Lop Horn there is a
real use In her " iewelry," while with
Mrs. A, b, or c it is entirely superfiu-
Gus.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

Charley said that something had
killed eight Of the lambs; come right
into the barnyard by the bunk-house. :"
This was undoubtedly cougar or wild
cat; so | told our friend, Billy Fosset,
and got him to come down with his
dogs; but the animal, when closely
pressed, took to the river and got away
This occurred when the snow covered
the ground. and when he was no doubt
pressed with hunger and became bold.
Ia all my long residence here l have
never seen but one cougar in the woods,
and that was near Stuck river in 1861.
| met him right square in the woods at
dusk near by the old trail / never
could determine which Of the two was
scared the worst. | know felt like as
II there had been an electric shock at
the roots Of my hair and along down
my back. didn't run, TOR, the fact is,
there was no place 10 run TOT but the
cougar did, and so We parted company
about as quickly as we had come to.
gether.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

A correspondent from Oregon wants
10 know whether crown hop roots are
better than cuttings. how far apart to
set his hop hills, and how long TO make
his hop-poles. l answered: Good cut
tings are as good as crown roots; to
set out his hops 81 feet apart and TO
make his poles Is feet long. This man
evidently knows but very little about
planting hops, and, in fact, about hops
at all. So sent him a copy OF " Hop
Culture" and advised him to study
the business before going into it; or, il
he went into il, study well the expert
ence of others. We, in the early in
ception Of this business. knew nothing
whatever about hops, and fairly blum
dered into it; but the experience Of
the early growers cost them thousands
upon thousands OF dollars. Then we
could not do otherwise than as we did
learn by experience-but now the
case is entirely different.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

II any dairyman doubts that we can
raise good calves on skim milk and OH
meal, viii venture 70 say that be can
BE convinced by visiting the creamery
this summer a. the season advances
We shall soon add little corn meal to
the calves ration, when they viii have
a nip Of grass, and ! shall be surprised
and disappointed II We do not make a
gain Of over 100 pounds on the lot by
the last Of the month, at which time
they are 70 be weighed again.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27

/ met George Livesly, Of Summer, on
the train today. Anyone that knows
Livesly knows he is not given to exag-
geration. He told me that last year,
off Of four acres. measured, he grew
and sold fifteen thousand two hundred
pounds of hops, weighed; or, in other
words, $500 pounds per acre. And,
what is better, he sold nearly half OF
them at IS cents and the balance at p
cents per pound.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-27
Piles | PilesI Pilesl

4 Sure cure found at last. No one need
suffer. A sure cure for the blind, bleed.
Ing, itching and liberated piles has been
discovered by DR.. William ian Indian
remedy,) called DR.. Williams Indian Pile
Ointment. A single box has cured The
worst old chronic cases OF twenty-five and
thirty years. standing. No one need sui.
fer five ninutea after applying this won.
derful soothing medicine. Lotions, in.
struments and electuaries do more harm
thangood. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
absorbs the juniors, alays the intense
itching, acts as poultice, gives instant and
painless relief and is prepared for Piles
and nothing elae. Thousands Of cured
patients attest its virtues, and physicians
OF all schools pronounce 1t the greatest
contribution to medicine OF the age, Il
matters not how long or severely you have
been suffering, you can be cured: 4
Judge Coons, Maysville, KY, SAYS:
"Dr. William's Pile Ointment cured me
after years OF suffering" y =
Judge Cofiinbury, Cleveland, O., SAYS;
u have found by experience that Dr.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment giveu i'm.
mediate and permanent relief" -
We have hundreds Of such teetimonials
Do not suffer an instant longer. Sold by
druggints. nav
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-27
a VALUABLE Medicnl Tronti,e.

The edition for lsSs OF the sterling MedIca, An.
nual, known as Hostettcr's Almanac, Ia now ready,
and may DO obtained, free Of cost, OF druggist. and
general country dealers In all parts OF the United
States, Mexico, and indeed iu every civilized por.
ton OF the Western Hemisphere. This ALMANAC
has bean Issued regularly at the commencement Of
every. year for over one.iourth OF century. I,
combines, with the soundest practical advice 10,
the preservation and restoration Of health, large
amount Of interesting and amusing light reading
and the calendar, astronomical calculations chr0
noloGical Items, &C., arc prepared with great care
and Will DO found entirely accurate. The Issue OIL
Hostettets Almanac for 1855 will probably DO the
largest edition OF medical work ever published
In any country. The propnetos, Messra. Hostel
TOR d Co., Pittsburgh, Pa, on receipt OF two cent
stamp. VIII forward COPY BY mall to any persor
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-27
.G I Oh .0ttellilqettt,::
4 onlee, Nos. as and ~ rourtcsn.h st, oct.
OLD .CIIi,tsTMAs cAnoL,

' Z | q a /. .
81. now Il come our joyiull's. feast, r..
Let ev'ry man be Jolly; s4
Zach room with Ivy leaves Is drest, ..h
And ,evry post with holly. IL
X Though some chnrls At our mirth replne,
Around your toreheads gaflanda twlnv,
Drown sorrow In u cup Of wine,
=, And let's all DO merry. ~ ~. ~
Cherus-And lot W. all DO mefry, tsii
fi And let us all DO merry; y ~ "
tl Drown sorrow ln cup OF vino, b
i,ll.----- And Lot Us I'LL DO merry. E'rir- -
Now, all our neighbour chlmpcys smoke.
And Christmas blocks arc burning; y
Their ovens thcy with bak'd meat choke
ana ell their spills are turning.
And II for cold Il hap TO die,
f Wen bury't In a Christmas pie, U,.
=, And evcrmofe DO merry. 'al.r, I'd
ChorAs-And everm0ro BIO merry,
aI r And eyCrm0rt be merry:
gE Wen bury't In Christmas pie
E And eyefInoro b. merry,
New every lad Ia wonllrous trim, gM
And no man minds his labor;
M Our lasses have provided them a'as
A bagpipe and tabor. [I0 Y
loung men and maids. and girls aud boys,
Give life 10 one RnOther's Joys,
And you anon shNll by their nolEe
~ Perceirc that they Al merry.
Chorus = Perceive that they arc merry,
VT Perceive that they arc merry;
And you anon shall by their noise
Perceive that they arc merry.
Then. wherefore, In those merry days
,shonld we pray DO duicr?
NO, let US sing some Ioundeayts,
10 make our mirth tho filler,
AND while we thus inspired sling,
Let all the streets with echoes Ring;
Letwoods and hills and cy'ry thing
W bear witness We Arc merry. H-.a 80 ..|
Chorns-Lear wltutgs We lra merry, w. ga
L lear witness We arc merry;
hH- Let tho woods and hills aud ey'ry thing
lear witnos we arc merry. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-27
Don't

g={a Don't
let that cold OF yours run on. You think
1t is a light thing. But it may run into
catarrh. Or into pneumonia. Or con-
sumption. - ..g--s''' :
Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia ia
dangerous. Consumption ia death itself.
me breathing apparatus must be kept
healthy and clear Of all distractions and
offensive matter. Otherwise there is trou-
BILE ahead. - -,
all tho diseases oil these parts, head,
noee, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs
can be DELIGHTFULLY."- and entirely cured By
the use Of Boschee's German Syrup, II
you don't know this remedy, thousands
and thousands Of people can tell you,
They have been cured by it, and "know
how 1t is, Themselves" Bottle only rs
cents. Ask yonr druggist.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-27
oAri..m..., Joy. on II. ..r.. 1T, shore,

Christmas Joys ON the ''Eastsrn shors.''
baltimore Dispatch. TBi4
Along Light street wharf are tho terminl
Of the various steamboat routes that reach
between Baltimore and points down tho
chesapeake. In nearly all the counties
bordering. on the bay prohibition has
been established by popular vote. This
explains why the various pieru along The
wharf for the past several days have
abopnded In demijohnB Of all shapee,
sizes and conditions. Tonight the sight
was unusually entertaining. Nearly
every wagon that drove up unloaded demi.
lohns and wine cases. There were demi.
johns by tho hundred, all full OF LIQUIDS
1917 Christmas celebrations In local option
districts. This year tho people down the
bay seem to be unprecedentedly Thirsty,
ior the total liquor sent will aggregate
Thousands OF gallons, not including the
orders Of beer and other malt liquors,
Tomorrow morning the boats will be met
Of each wharf, and each man will carry
homo his demijohn. The demijohn trade
la rather expensive to the owners OF the
demijohns, but 1t 10 q source Of large rev.
enue to the steamship companies. 1'9